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Fowll Surname Definition:

FOWLL: "The landis of wmquhill Johne Fowyll" in Inverness are mentioned in 1559, and in 1561 wmquhill Mald Fowyll there is named (Rec. Inv., I, p. 30, 54). Bardsley and Harrison have this name and explain it as a nickname 'the fowl.'.

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FOWLL: "The landis of wmquhill Johne Fowyll" in Inverness are mentioned in 1559, and in 1561 wmquhill Mald Fowyll there is named (Rec. Inv., I, p. 30, 54). Bardsley and Harrison have this name and explain it as a nickname 'the fowl.'.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)
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